Day 131 of 138

Day 131: The Customer from the Fourteenth

In the cramped office of the self-service car wash they run together in W膮growiec, Maurycy (A) opens a formal partners' meeting with his older brother Dorian (B).

How to study this lesson 3 steps
  1. Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
  2. Read the dialogue line by line with its translation, until every line makes sense. Point at (or tap) a Polish word to see what it means.
  3. Spend at least 30 minutes listening to native Polish, for example from the Resources page. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it yet.

Dialogue

Audio recordings are on the way. For now, each lesson is the dialogue with its English translation.

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  1. A

    Zwo艂a艂em zebranie wsp贸lnik贸w, bo mam propozycj臋 inwestycyjn膮. Najpierw j膮 przedstawi臋, po czym podejmiemy uchwa艂臋.

    I've called a partners' meeting because I have an investment proposal. First I'll present it, after which we'll pass a resolution.

  2. B

    Zebranie w kantorku, w kt贸rym ledwo mieszcz膮 si臋 dwa krzes艂a? Dobra, s艂ucham, tylko kr贸tko.

    A meeting in an office that barely has room for two chairs? Fine, I'm listening, but keep it short.

  3. A

    Proponuj臋 wstawi膰 przy wje藕dzie automat do mycia ps贸w. Kosztuje czterdzie艣ci tysi臋cy, ale wed艂ug moich wylicze艅 zwr贸ci si臋 w niespe艂na dwa lata.

    I propose we install a dog-washing machine by the entrance. It costs forty thousand, but by my calculations it'll pay for itself in under two years.

  4. B

    Kto przy zdrowych zmys艂ach wozi psa na myjni臋? Ani klienci o to nie pytali, ani konkurencja czego艣 takiego nie ma.

    Who in their right mind takes a dog to a car wash? The customers haven't asked for it, and the competition hasn't got anything like it.

  5. A

    Bo radz膮 sobie sami. Przejrza艂em nagrania z kamer: w zesz艂ym miesi膮cu kilkunastu klient贸w my艂o psy na naszych stanowiskach.

    Because they manage by themselves. I went through the camera footage: last month more than a dozen customers washed their dogs in our car bays.

  6. B

    To wieszamy tabliczk臋 z zakazem, zamiast wydawa膰 czterdzie艣ci tysi臋cy. Ktokolwiek zapcha nam odp艂yw sier艣ci膮, zap艂aci za hydraulika.

    Then we put up a sign banning it instead of spending forty thousand. Whoever clogs our drain with dog hair pays for the plumber.

  7. A

    艢wietnie, to pierwszy rachunek wystawimy klientowi z czternastego: golden retriever, niebieska kurtka, samoch贸d s艂u偶bowy naszej sp贸艂ki.

    Great, then we'll send the first bill to the customer from the fourteenth: golden retriever, blue jacket, a company car belonging to our own firm.

  8. B

    To by艂 wyj膮tek, bo Kapsel wytarza艂 si臋 w b艂ocie nad jeziorem. Zreszt膮 kt贸ry艣 z nas musia艂 przeprowadzi膰 badanie rynku.

    That was an exception, because Kapsel had rolled in the mud by the lake. Besides, one of us had to do some market research.

  9. A

    Wobec tego badanie rynku uwa偶am za zako艅czone: zar贸wno pies, jak i w艂a艣ciciel promienieli zadowoleniem. Kto jest za przyj臋ciem uchwa艂y?

    In that case I consider the market research complete: both the dog and the owner were beaming with satisfaction. All those in favour of the resolution?

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